The Council of Europe Project “Supporting the reform of the national minority legal framework and the resilience of national minorities and Roma in Ukraine” announces a call for proposals for grants to enhance participation of national minorities and Roma in the decision-making at the local level.
This call for proposals aims to fund projects designed at strengthening local initiative groups, coalitions and platforms built within the Council of Europe project, which will enhance participation of national minorities and Roma in the decision-making at local level during the conflict, working in close co-operation with regional and local authorities.
Preference will be given to projects aimed at:
- Provision of assistance at the local level to internally displaced representatives of national minorities and Roma due to the conflict to support their active participation in social and public life;
- Provision of legal and other social form of assistance to youth from national minorities in cooperation with public institutions to promote their participation in local public governance;
- Awareness-raising activities targeting national minority groups and civil society organizations aimed at raising awareness on social challenges and political issues, as well as on the important role of national minorities in solving these problems.
The total available budget to be provided within this call for proposals is €30,000 (thirty thousand euros).
The Council of Europe intends to award 6 grants for a maximum amount of up to €5,000 (€5,000) each.
Implementation period of the projects: 1 June 2024 – 30 September 2024.
Deadline for receiving the applications is 17 May 2024 (23:59 Kyiv local time).
The completed and signed application form, along with supporting documents in electronic format (Word, Excel and PDF), should be sent to the following email address: [email protected] with the subject line: GRANTS-MINORITIES AND ROMA-UKRAINE.
Applications received after the above-mentioned date will not be considered.
Any questions regarding these call for proposals should be sent in English or Ukrainian no later than one week before the deadline for submission of applications to the e-mail address: [email protected], with the subject line: QUESTIONS-GRANTS-MINORITIES AND ROMA-UKRAINE.
Detailed information on the terms of the call for grants and the procedure for submitting project proposals is available in English under the following link CALL FOR PROPOSALS (2024/03)
APPENDICES for proposals (in English):
